<div dir="ltr">Yes, Meetup is a little sinister. I resisted joining for many years. If you are put off by it, don't worry, just come to the meetings. <div><br></div><div>RSVPing on meetup does help the image of the group though, since we get several times the number of RSVPs attending.<div><br></div><div>-braddock</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:01 PM, juanslayton @<a href="http://dslextreme.com">dslextreme.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:juanslayton@dslextreme.com" target="_blank">juanslayton@dslextreme.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi James,<br></div> I do appreciate the work that you and a handful of other active supporters put in to keep SGVLUG alive. I think perhaps it is time to explain my own non-compliance with some requests.<br><br></div> To RSVP with Meetup, one needs to register. To register, you need to agree that "...you have read and understand this Agreement and agree to all the terms of this Agreement...."<br><br></div> The Terms of Service agreement referred to is 15 pages long, runs to 8342 words of legal gobbledygook, and can be changed at any time.<br><br></div> This is the very sort of thing that drives me to Gnu/Linux. I would be interested to know how many of our group actually have read this thing, and if there is anyone who claims to understand it.<br><br></div><div> Personally, I have better things to do. I'm with Stallman on this one.<br></div>Juan Slayton<br></div>
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